> Anyway, are you claiming installing a split system is cheaper than installing a Burnham boiler? A boiler alone does not a hydronic system make. Hydronic syst

> Anyway, are you claiming installing a split system is cheaper than installing a Burnham boiler? A boiler alone does not a hydronic system make. Hydronic systems are expensive, all in (piping, emitters/radiators, circulator pumps). > The point of the post is to say that boilers/furnaces are much cheaper to install in order to heat your entire house. No new house in New Jersey is getting built without air conditioning. If you're already installing ducting and an air handler, you might as well pay the marginal increase to get a heat pump instead of a cooling only outdoor unit.